Casket hinge



J. SOSS CASKET HINGE Filed April 21, 1926 INVENTOR j sepz, 5055 ATTO Y Patented Jan. 8, T929.

4 UNITED STATES JOSEPH SOSS,, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

' CASKET Application filed April 21,

This invention relates to hinges and particularly devices of this class for use in connection with caskets for movably supporting the cover or closures thereof'with the main body or case portion of the casket; and the object of the invention is to provide'a hinge of simple and economical construction and .yet one of strength and durability whereby the cover or closure member of articles of the class specified orsimilar articles, may be hingedly supported; 'a-further object being to provide a hinge of the class specified whereby the desired swing or throw of the cover or closure is provided: and further whereby the desired result may be accomplished in a hinge which will take up the. least amount of space, orproject beyond the inner faces of the Wall of the case or cover to the slightest degree possible; and wit-h these and other objects in View, the invention consists in a hinge of the class and for the purpose specified which is simple inconstruction, efficient in use, and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed. v

' The invention is fully disclosed in thefol-, lowing specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are 'designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof a part of the inside of a casket and'part of a cover therefor, with the cover in a partially open position, and with part of the construction broken away. I

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionof the construction shown in Fig. 1 with thecover in a closed position. a

. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the cover in a fully open position.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the construction as seen in Fig. 3. I

Fig. 5 a partial section of Fig. 3;'and,

F ig. 6 is a view similar to Fig.5 but showing aunodification.

In thedrawiug, 10 represents apart of one side wall of a burial casket and 11, a part of a cover therefor, said cover being continuous for the entire casket structure or a partial cover such as commonly employed at the head end portion of the casket. In Fig. 1 of the drawing, I have indicated at12 the lining or facing material commonly employed on the inner face of the casket 10 and cover 11, and which encloses myimproved hinge on the line 5-5 HINGE.

1926. Serial No.-103,501.

construction for hingedly supporting: the

cover 11 in connection with the casket 10.

In practice, one sidewall of the casket 1( is provided with'one or more V-shaped. recesses or apertures 15 only one being shown for the purpose of illustration. tureopens through the 1111161'12108 ofthe side wall and through the top edge thereof as clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. The cover 11 is provided with a similar re- Said apercess or aperture 16 in alinement with the 4 recess or aperture 15. v

My improved hinge consists of 'twosubstantially similar butt members 13 and 14 which in the construction shown, are fash-' ioned from sheet metal.

member14secured to the cover 11 as seen; In the construction shown, thebutt member 13 is fashionedfrom sheet metal to form The butt member '13 is secured to the! casket 10 and the butt a substantially V-shaped channel portion 13,

the side walls of the channel preferably projecting beyond the inner face of the casket 10 and are provided with elongated apertures 13 The lower or. contracted end of the channel 13 is provided with a project-- ing tongue 13 apertured to receive a screw 17 for securing said end of the butt 13 to the casket. 10, while the upper or enlarged end of the butt 13 has laterally directed ears or flanges 13 having apertures to receive at-- taching screwslS which pass into the casket 10; I c

The butt member 14 is formed similar to the butt member 13 and consists of a sub-- stantially V-shaped channel portion 14*, the sidewalls of the channel preferably projecting beyond the inner edge of the cover 11 and are provided with elongated apertures 14". The contracted end ofthe channel14 is provided with a projecting tongue 14 apertured to receive a screw-19 for securing said end. of the butt 14 to the cover 11, while the enlarged end of the butt 14 has laterally directed cars or flanges 14 having apertures to receive attaching screws 20 which pass into the cover 11. r

In practice, the'separate butts 13 and 14 are coupled together by hinge links 21 and 22, two of which are'shown in the accom panying drawing, but any number of which may be employed in duplicate, in the manner of other hinges of thisclass to give the requiredstrength and durability'to the hinge, said hinge links being of the general form clearly seen in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing a pin 27 and the ends of which project and operate in elongated apertures 13 of the hinge butt l3. 7

'It will be noted that the shape or form of the links 21 and 22yand manner of their pivotal connection with each other and with the separate butts is such as to maintain said links as close as possible to the inner faces ofthe casket 10 and cover 11 and yet permit of the'openingof the cover 11 into such position as to bring the lower face 11 in horizontal alinement with the upper face 10* of the casket '10 as seen in Fig. 3 of the drawing and also to bring said faces closely together as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawing. It will also be apparent that the cover 11 may be supported in a partially open position as seenin Fig. 1 of the drawing for display or other purposes and as previously stated, it will be apparent that any number of hinges may be employed for hingedly supporting the cover 11 in connection with the casket 10, and the size and dimensions of the butts and link members and the number of link members employed may be varied to suit the requirements.

7 In Fig. 6 of the drawing, I have shown a slight modification in which I have substituted for the elongated apertures 13 and 14* in the hinge butts 13 and 14, channels or depressions, in which the pins 26 and 27 are adapted to operate. For illustrative purposes, I have shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing, the hinge butt 14 rovided with channels 14 instead of the apertures 14 in which the'pin 26 of the link 21 operates, it being understood that the hinge butt 14 may be similarly formed. The structure shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing will give greater strength to that part of the butts in connection with which'the pins 26 and 27 operate.

It will be understood that I am not necessarily limited to the specific manner of movably coupling the links 21 and 22 with the respective butts nor am I necessarily limited to the specific form and construction of the separate butts nor to the specific use of the hinge herein shown and described, and various other changes in and modifications of the construction herein set out may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

It will be apparent that one of the dis tinetive features of my invention resides in the angular arrangement of the hinge butts with reference to each other when the butts are in closed position; that is to say, when the hinge cover member assumes its closed position which is contrary to hinges of general construction and further in the fact that the hinge cover member 11 is capable of movementthrough an arc of 180 degrees abovethe link construction employed, and this feature in an invisible hinge is distinctively characteristic.

Having fully described I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 4 1. A hin 'e comprising two butt members fashioned from sheet metal and comprising my invention, what elongated channel bodies V-shaped in longitudinal plan, the side walls of said bodies being arranged in parallel relation and having elongated apertures extending longitudinally thereof, hinged links pivoted to and mounted within enlarged end portions of said butts, the free end portions of said links being mounted and adapted to operate in the elongated apertures in the side walls of opposed butts, said butts being mounted on a stationary support and swinging member with the enlargedends adjacent when the swinging memberiis in a closed position, and the contracted ends of the butts being extended in angular relation with reference to each other.

2. A hinge comprising two'butt members of opposed butts, said butts being mounted on a stationary support and swinging member with the enlarged ends adjacent when the swingingme nber is in a closed position, the contracted ends of the butts being extended in angular relation with referenceto each other, and said links being pivoted together in such manner as to permit the movement of the swinging member through an arc of one hundrcdand eightydegrces.

3. A hinge comprising two butt members fashioned from sheet metal and comprising elongated channel bodies V-shaped in longitudinal plan, the side Walls of said bodies being arranged in parallel relation and having elongated apertures extending longitudinally thereof, hinged l inks pivoted to and nounted within enlarged end portions of said butts, the free end portions of said links being mounted and adapted to operate in elongated apertures in the side walls of opposed butts, said butts being mounted on a stationary support and swing ing member with the enlarged ends adjacent when the swinging member is ina closed position, the contracted ends of the butts being extended in angular relation with reference to each other, said links being pivoted together in such manner as to permit the movement of the swinging member through an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees, and means at the contracted and 14th day of April, 1926.

- JOSEPH SOSS. 

